[JohnnyM]

its better than pulling it out of thin air.

JM

[eastsider]

its better than pulling it out of thin air.

I posted the connection between the Marian privileges (Perpetual Virginity; Immaculate Conception; Assumption) and the Church several threads back. With this new navigation system, I'm not sure I know how to find it, and I am loath to repost it since it's rather lengthy. The salient point of that post was that there is historical evidence for the Marian privileges as early as the fourth century.